Onlookers Wait For eBay’s Next Move
Meg Whitman has stepped down, and in our eyes, this makes it a good time for everyone else to step back. We shouldn’t necessarily stay back; now’s just an opportune moment to consider all things eBay.
Arrington Gets A Lecture
After TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington called Robert Scoble a sellout for accepting ads on his blog in the future, Dave Winer (you might know him as one of the original bloggers and the inventor of RSS) took on the tone of a disappointed father in the comments section."Mike, I say this with all my heart — stop wasting your time on this bullshit," writes Winer.
How The Internet Is Killing News
Journalism—real, in-depth, investigative, hard-hitting journalism—is expensive. The first thing the major news broadcasters did after being deregulated, was drop their documentary units. This type of journalism is also known as "long-form" journalism, and the Internet is helping to kill it.
Where Are The Extra iPhones?
Big discrepancy between Apple’s and AT&T’s numbers Though Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced at Macworld that Apple had sold 4 million iPhones in 2007, AT&T received under 2 million customers. The new question is: Where are all those extra iPhones? According to Tom Krazit, some of them are in Europe, and others, possibly, were unlocked […]
Hitwise: LinkedIn Pretty Classy Place
If you want to contact someone about a job, it’s not a good idea to throw a sheep at him (or her) on Facebook. A better alternative, according to new Hitwise data, is to contact the person through LinkedIn.
Could This Be The Next Wireless Revolution?
First what you need to know about it, and then the hard stuff. The application of Phiar’s metal-insulator quantum tunneling technology leads to the ability to wirelessly transmit huge amounts of data quickly without the signal breaching the drywall of the room you’re in.
Game Sales Reach $9.5 Billion
Computer and video game software sales reached $9.5 billion in 2007, a 28 percent increase over the previous year and set a new record according to the NPD Group and announced by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). Halo 3 was the best selling title of 2007 bringing in $170 million in revenue its first day of sales.
SouthWest Climbs Aboard In-Flight Internet Access
Southwest Airlines is the next airline to begin testing Internet access on flights, beginning this summer. The satellite service will be tested on four planes. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to request a flight that is performing the test.
Could CPA Overtake CPC?
That is the question that Aaron Goldman discusses in his most recent post at Search Insider. Aaron provides some sound thinking as to why CPA could overtake CPC in the future as the preferred way in which to purchase paid search.
The Irony of Mahalo Traffic Growth
A couple of weeks ago, Heather Hopkins at Hitwise noted that the human-powered Mahalo search engine has been showing a very strong curve of increasing traffic: